Fifty years ago, the political activist and anarchist Abbie Hoffman, a co-founder of the Yippies, was arrested at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Along with other members of the so ...

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Netflix has a new film out entitled “The Trial of The Chicago 7.” It’s quite good, and it reminded me of one of my childhood heroes, Abbie Hoffman, and an odd little encounter I had at Logan airport ...

“I have a strong kinship with Abbie Hoffman,” admitted Brett Morgen, writer and director of the semidocumentary film, “Chicago 10.” “I haven’t seen anyone in my lifetime that spoke to me the way he ...

Writer-director Aaron Sorkin, the creator and writer of “The West Wing” is gloriously back on his game with Netflix’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7.” A dramatization of the political trial of the ...

Editor’s note: In the coming weeks leading up to the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday, April 25, Time Warp will feature stories related to films nominated this year or other local connections to ...

Worcester native Abbie Hoffman was a legend. The prolific activist and counterculture icon pioneered the Yippie movement of the 1960s and made national headlines for his anti-war protests. And when ...

Now that he has ditched his Borat and Ali G personas, Sacha Baron Cohen is taking on a more serious Now that he has ditched his Borat and Ali G personas, Sacha Baron Cohen is taking on a more serious ...